On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Everyone keep on saying they have problem running 5.3 stable. But is > > > 5.3 stable really out? I can't find it anywhere. > > > > 5.3-RELEASE isn't out yet, but you can get 5.3-STABLE by cvsup'ing > > the RELENG_5 tag. > > As RELENG_5_3 has been branched, I have been tracking this release - I > presume this is the same as RELENG_5 until 5.3 RELEASE is frozen > (already?), but will then only change for security patches. (Someone > please correct me if this is an incorrect assumption)
With the advent of 5.3, the intent is to expand the coverage of changes in the RELENG_MAJOR_MINOR branch to include critical other fixes in addition to the normal security fixes going into the branch. For example, if there is a critical stability fix for a driver or other system component. We also intend to adopt this approach for future 4.x releases. The bar will be high for changes to go into the branch, and will result in errata announcements (exact format to be determined) in much the same way we currently produce security advisories. The branch will remain "owned" by the security officer team, and any stability fixes will be merged by the release engineering team in close coordination with the security officer team. It is not the intent that the branches become "-STABLE" substitutes, since they won't be getting feature enhancements. Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects [EMAIL PROTECTED] Principal Research Scientist, McAfee Research _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
